(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Sunday, 07 December 2025) At 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression "WILMA" was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Matuguinao, Samar (12.2°N 125.0°E) with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 75 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 15 km/h. Shear Line affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon. Northeast Monsoon affecting the rest of Luzon. Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds from northeast to northwest will prevail over the western sections of Mindanao with moderate to rough seas (1.2 to 3.1 meters). Elsewhere, moderate winds from the northwest to southwest to southeast with moderate seas (1.2 to 2.5 meters).


TOP STORIES - Tuesday, October 18, 2022

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)

18 October 2022, Tuesday, as of 9AM

1. Marcos wants PHL’s beauty, tourism be reintroduced to the world

[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, CNN PHL] ©PIA-PMU

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681183/tourism-a-driver-to-economy-transformation-pinoys-are-greatest-asset

2. Marcos cites urgent need for Department of Water Resources

[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, PhilStar] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/18/Marcos-raises-need-for-water-department.html

3. Appointees

-Marcos administers oath of COMELEC execs, Paul Soriano

-Marcos on naming Soriano as adviser: We must show Filipino creativity to the world

-Bongbong Marcos urged to name NAPC execs: ‘Mag-onboard na po kayo, Sir’

[Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin, Daily Tribune] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/848342/marcos-administers-oath-of-comelec-execs-paul-soriano/story/

4. Marawi folk to Marcos: Organize compensation body

[Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681121/marawi-folk-to-marcos-organize-compensation-body

5. PHL logs 1,938 COVID-19 infections, active tally at 25,848

[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, DZBB] ©PIA-PMU

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681191/ph-logs-1938-covid-19-infections-active-tally-at-25848

6. BOC seizes P228 million worth of alleged smuggled sugar

[BusinessMirror, GMA News, Inquirer] ©PIA-PMU

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/10/18/boc-seizes-%e2%82%a7228-m-sugar-smuggled-from-thailand/

7. COMELEC welcomes petition to nullify postponement of Barangay, SK polls

[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Malaya] ©PIA-PMU

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681096/comelec-welcomes-petition-to-nullify-postponement-of-barangay-sk-polls

8. New LPA forms inside PAR; rain to prevail over parts of PH

[Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU

https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/18/new-lpa-forms-inside-par/

—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—

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